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Summary: On the first book of the Vampire Chronicles...
Review: When I first saw the movie Interview With the Vampire when I was five years-old, I did not know how much the story would impact my reading selections years later. Over this past summer, I have read Christopher Rice's "A Density of Souls." Having thoroughly enjoyed this novel, I went to the bookstore to see what Christopher Rice's infamous mother, Anne Rice, had to offer. I found "Interview With the Vampire" on the bookshelf, and bought it. I was immediately drawn into the story of a 200 year-old vampire, Louis, telling his immortal life story to a reporter. I sympathized with the suffering Louis, and, found myself mysteriously drawn to the ever-present Lestat. I'd be lying if I said this book was an easy read. It used vocabulary uncomprehendable to my 16 year-old self, and there was more description then needed. But the twisted and compelling plot got me hooked. After reading 2 more of Rice's books, I have to say "Interview With the Vampire" is my favorite.
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Summary: Unearthly
Review: Anne Rice began the Vampire Chronicles with this stunning opening novel. Far more than the vampire tales we were all accustomed to Anne Rice created characters with the essenc of humanity trapped inside an inhuman frame. hile some might say this novel is just another Gothic story told for sheer amusement "Interview With The Vampire" goes beyond this and touches the hearts of many people with a tale of searching for one's self and of lost love. You will adore this novel when you read it, and be simply touched by it.
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Summary: Something I could read over and over again
Review: At first I was a little skeptical about this book because I thought it would be kind of a 'la de da' book (e.g. "Little Women"). Well, I was wrong, and now Anne Rice has become my absolute favorite author.In "Interview With the Vampire", the vampire, Louis, tells about his life as a vampire. He tells us about his life in New Orleans with his maker, Lestat, who is a selfish and sometimes nasty vampire, and Claudia, their vampire child. Unlike Lestat, Louis loathes taking human lives, but he must do it to survive; Lestat often gets irritated because of this. Sometimes the two argued so much, it was hard to believe they were actually able to live with each other. The book takes us through many adventures, and some surprising twists and turns. I liked the dark feel of it; it was the kind of book I liked to read sitting by a window on a rainy day. I also liked how different the vampires were than most vampires in other novels I've read. It showed them as much more human than the typical vampire, and they weren't as evil as most would think. I would have to say that so far, "Interview With the Vampire" is my favorite Vampire Chronicle.
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Summary: Not Anne Rice's Best
Review: Anne Rice is my favorite author. She makes characters come alive like no one else. However, this book is one of her worst works. Do not use this book to judge the talent of this woman. I am glad I read this book last in the Vampire Chronicals, because if I had read it first, I would not have continued reading and discovering her works. This is one of the only times I can honestly say, the movie is better than the book. Please, don't read this book and drop Anne Rice from your reading list. The rest of her books are incredible and more than worthy of your time.
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Summary: Interview with vampire
Review: "Interview with Vampire", by Anne Rice, tell you a mysterious life story of a Vampire - Louis, who became an immortal essence, by meeting a stoic person - Lestat. Lestat made his life miserably, when Lestat wants Louis to be a cruel person with no feelings. Louis never lost his human soul and still believes in love and having hope by meeting Cloudia. "Interview with Vampire" may be very different book for every person. I think that author used a lot of details that some times could be missed. And what I liked very much is how the author gave a contrast between the characters, the difference between their personalities. The author does a great job in her writing when she describes feelings, emotions, and actions motivated by those feelings. I would like to recommend this book to people who like fiction and stories about mysteries life of people or creatures,which interested in the life of the Vampires.
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Summary: Bloody, Raw
Review: I loved this book and give it a perfict 5, I loved the way the author describes the feeling, and emotion that the main chairicter Louis feels, the canning lust filled vampire named Lestat, and the inocence of the killings of the dollfaced Claudia. This book grabed my attention from the begining, the way he explains the sarrow within him, feeling like he wants to die. Then like a newborn opening his eyes for the first time which explains the evolution of the human to vampire.
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Summary: Worthy Twentieth Century Successor to the Vampire Mythos
Review: If Anne Rice had stopped here, if she had never written another word about the vampires or the witches, I think this book would be discussed as the ultimate 20th century vampire tale. Unfortunately, many people now look down on Rice as a "preternatural" (Rice sure does love that word)Danielle Steele. This is due, no doubt, to the fact that Rice's output since then has been rather rushed.(one or two books a year... and usually the same narrative structure of somebody recounting their tale to another). Perhaps Rice's work has been marred by her prolificness (is that even a word). Rice lost me with Taltos and Memnoch the Devil when it didn't even seem like she gave much thought to her stories anymore. But this first book is a tremendous achievement on a par with (yes, I am going there) Bram Stokers Count. It's wonderful, exciting, and engrossing. If all her books go out of print, this and 1990's "The Witching Hour" deserve to be sold forever. I would also recommend the first two sequels to this novel: The Vampire Lestat (which is far and away the favorite of the series)and The queen of the Damned (another place that Rice could have stopped her series). But not one of her novels has touched me as emotionally as her first. I can rememeber waiting to come home and read it every night (and yes, i *do* have a life too..) Written in a beautiful style, "Interview" only proves that Anne Rice herself is the true queen of the damned. Now if only she'd write another great one..it's been long overdue.
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Summary: 200 years of history told through one persons eyes!
Review: This is a facinating book because it takes what you know about vampires and greatly expands on it because the story is told from the point of view of a vampire that wishes he wasn't a vampire!
What makes the story facinating is that vampires make mortals into vampires so that they will have companionship down through the centuries. The vampires no longer have sex - although the act of drinking blood gives them intense hallucinogenic images from the victims life, which is as intimate and exciting as sex.
BASIC STORY LINE: It has been 200 years since Louis was made into a vampire in New Orleans by Lestat. Louis was a rich plantation owner in New Orleans when it was under control of the French. Louis is stalked by Lestat and given the "dark gift". After becoming a vampire Louis goes on a intense philosopical quest trying to find meaning in the universe. He wants to know when Satan is going to show up, since it is obvious to him that they are evil creatures. Lestat has a party mentality and tells Louis that he has been a vampire for over 500 years and he has never seen God or the devil and he could care less - he is having a great time. Fearing that Louis will leave him, Lestat makes a 12 year old girl that Louis was facinated with into a vampire. The kicker is this - you never age physically anymore once you are made into a vampire. Claudia doesn't really understand what has happened to her since she has the mind of a child. But as the years pass and she goes through puberty emotionally without any outlet and comes to realize that she is permanently trapped in a child's body she is filled with rage.
This is the background for one of the most facinating love triangles you will ever read. This book is a very complex and engrossing story. Try it!
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Summary: The best in the series
Review: Absolutely the best of the best. If you haven't read it, read it. If you have read it, read it again!
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Summary: Interview With The Vampire Review
Review: A story of a vampire's life I found this book to be very interesting. It is about the life of a vampire named Lestat. Most of the story takes place in New Orleans where Lestat first becomes a vampire and then starts his new lifestyle. He starts to do the things other vampires do like sleeping in a coffin and staying up all night but one thing he does that other vampires don't in that he feels for things. This is something that really effects him and the other vampires he associates with throughout the book. I would say that one theme in the book could be Love. Lestat falls in love with another vampire that he created named claudia who is a small orphan child. Overall I felt this was a great book and I highly recomend it.
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